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The stage musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, starring Rudy Vallee, is playing at the 46th Street Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,417 performances.
A British package tour featuring Billy Fury, The Pretty Things, Dave Berry and The Cruisers, Brian Poole And The Tremeloes, The John Barry Seven and The Zephyrs, plays at The ABC, Croydon, UK.
Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys is working on the song Girl Don't Tell Me at Western Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Gerry Bryant, bassist/vocalist of 90s band 
Arthur Alexander, backed by The Fireballs, releases a new single, Detroit City, on Dot Records in the USA.
The Paramounts release a new single, Blue Ribbons, on Columbia Records in the UK. [The Paramounts will evolve into Procol Harum]
In UK pop weekly the New Musical Express, Derek Johnson reviews a new version of the Bob Dylan song It Ain't Me, Babe by American vocalist Dave Helling on Stateside Records, stating, "There's an authentic folk feel to the rather wistful lyric and a fascinating, bubbling rhythm provided by acoustic guitar. But, for all that, it somehow lacks the bite of Bob himself." The track is produced by Shel Talmy.
Peter And Gordon finish recording a third British album in London, England, UK, but it will not be released for another six months.
The Cromwellian Club in Knightsbridge, London, England, UK, has The Pretty Things, The Yardbirds and The Tremeloes in the house.
The Beatles film a jewellery shop sequence at Twickenham Film Studios, St Margaret's, Twickenham, UK, for their second film, Help!
The Zombies, The Velvelettes, The Shangri-Las, Jimmy Soul, The Ad-Libs, Dee Dee Sharp and Mel Carter play the first date on a 34-day Dick Clark Caravan of Stars tour in the USA.
The 
Andrew Loog Oldham and Eric Easton, managers of The Rolling Stones, fly to New York City, USA, in order to be with the group when they appear on the Ed Sullivan Show.
The Who take out an advertisement in UK pop weekly the NME to thank all of the pirate radio stations who helped make their debut single, I Can't Explain, a hit.Marianne Faithfull releases a new single, This Little Bird, on Decca Records in the UK. On the same day, in a somewhat bizarre marketing decision, The Nashville Teens release their new single, also a version of This Little Bird, and also on Decca Records in the UK. The song is composed by John D. Loudermilk.
The Kinks, The Yardbirds and Goldie And The Gingerbreads play the first show of a 21-date UK tour, at The Adelphi Cinema, Slough.
Unit 4+2 play at Gravesend Hall, Gravesend, UK.
Tail-Pieces, the gossip column in UK pop weekly New Musical Express (NME) includes a snippet declaring '...Bob Dylan is Jewish...'.
The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
The stage musical Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.